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MeTa post:
Tokyo Play Date
25/26 or 1 seem ok from here, but some crap or another has kept me away from tokyo mefi so far. hope this time works better cause i really want the fish. i will pay attention to your final dates.
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 6:40 AM on October 6, 2008
MeTa post:
MefiMail Improvements
I was a serious horse-loving girl when I was young, but I've pretty much gotten over it. Since someone brought this up though, the one thing I've ever wished for is that instead of the forwarded-to-mail signature having
"This message was sent via MeFi Mail. Read all your messages: http://www..."
it would have a direct link to reply to the particular message I'm readng e.g.
"RESPONSE LINK: http://www...... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 9:59 PM on August 16, 2008
Does 'forwarding' our MeFi Mail to an e-mail address replace sending it to our inboxes, or supplement it?
Supplement. Sends the whole thing from (approximately) dontreply@metafilter as subject "[Mefimail]whatever the sender put" and at the bottom as a link to the sender's profile and your MeFi Mail inbox. I don't get *that* much either, but if it weren't in my regular mailbox, I would never get it. I am also blind to the little icon on the regular MeFi pages.
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 3:19 AM on August 18, 2008
MeTa post:
Tokyo meetup?
I'm up for it if it's on a weekend.
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 2:22 PM on July 30, 2008
oh my goodness the activity happened fast and furious when i wasn't looking. it was so quiet here for so long that i got volunteered into something else for tonight. bah. will have to catch the next one...
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 3:10 PM on August 15, 2008
MeTa post:
MeFi stream graphs
I start so strong, then fizzle out about the time my son was born, as my spare time was spent making farty noises on his tummy instead of weird noises for Metafilter Music.
Why not just repurpose the recordings of the farty stomach noises? I can see the A-side now: "Pththtfffffffththtfff: Who's yer daddy?? Yes I am! Yes I am!"
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 3:49 AM on August 4, 2008
MeTa post:
Singapore meetup
Did you intentionally pick the day I'm leaving??
(If anyone wants to get together 7/16-17 or 7/23, instead, MeMail me, or I'll watch here...).
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 4:15 AM on July 4, 2008
MeTa post:
Pepsi Blue Hawaii
Ok, I found it today at my convenience store. zardoz' description is pretty accurate. The pineapple flavor is much milder than the cloying Pineapple Fanta. I like that the fruit is more aromatic than capital-F Flavor, and am wondering if the spiciness has any relation to the fact that all the new Dews (in the States) have ginseng in them. Maybe this does too. Yuck. Anyway, it smells really sweet, but it doesn't taste overly sweet to me. And I think the ramune thing is... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 8:12 PM on June 20, 2008
MeTa post:
It's the New Madrid Fault!
earthquakes didn't even cross my mind, having lived in the Midwest my entire life
I realized I'd lived in Boston for too long when I woke up a couple months ago in my apartment in Japan, with my first thought being, "would those motherfucking trucks stop rumbling down the fucking street in the middle of the goddamned night." Then I noticed the whole building was shaking and kept doing it.
freakishly... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 5:44 AM on April 18, 2008
MeTa post:
Tokyo mefites to meet for a drink
I like meeting people, but can only do Saturday or Sunday, so would love to hear whatever weekend plans shape up. Also enjoy general tour-guiding and wandering, and long walks on the beach.
My restaurant picks would be either "the kinds of Japanese cuisine that we don't get cheap | at all in the US" or this tiny tiny Bhutanese restaurant in Yoyogi. Have you ever seen a Bhutanese restaurant?? The main ingredients in... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 4:08 AM on March 18, 2008
Whoa. This is my first ever and last post from work to iron this out. So the restaurant is here:
Gatemo Tabum Bhutanese Restaurant
Tokyo, Shibuya-ku, 1-22-5 Uehara
+81 3 3466 9590
There is a map at the bottom of the webpage. The closest Metro stop is Yoyogi-Uehara, but I walked there from Yoyogi last time I went. Especially to y'all visitors, you will need this map! Did you know yet that street addresses aren't real... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 8:22 PM on March 18, 2008
(but I stand ready to be corrected on the date)
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 8:23 PM on March 18, 2008
(re-reading Gratishades' comment, I guess it's 3/23? I hope it is. Will wait and see.)
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 8:32 PM on March 18, 2008
since mai's the one making the request, I think mai gets final clarification on the date, eh? Let's clear that up soon I hope.
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 11:03 PM on March 18, 2008
mai, I'm getting the impression that the 29th would be a bigger group than the 23rd (Gratishades+1, gen, and I all seem to be people who can come 29 but not 23, now). If you saw gen's comments above, we also can get the restaurant for that weekend, even on Saturday.
As for me, wherever we hold this, I'm:
3/23 - out
3/29 - 1
3/30 - 1
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 9:57 PM on March 20, 2008
Confirmed - whatzit, 1.
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 6:56 AM on March 23, 2008
There's some other places quite nearby we can head to if necessary, though somewhat less exotic (a vegetarian place and some Chinese, at least, and some others I only vaguely remember).
Thanks for calling them up.
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 2:04 AM on March 24, 2008
I'm still planning to go wherever someone finally posts us to go. Sorry about the location change subsequent to date-shifting..
(being the one who initially dragged you in to the reservations, gen, it was because I don't speak very well and certainly not well enough for phones, and don't know many specific restaurants in Tokyo. I didn't expect it'd become a big to-do, and really appreciate that you're still willing to help.)
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 4:36 PM on March 27, 2008
Hurrays to the people who, like, have their shit together. I'll definitely be at Akabenebashi and hope to drop in on the game on the way back to the sleepy sleepy suburbs.
Will bring something locally delicious in penance for earlier failures.
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 5:25 AM on March 28, 2008
(if anyone else is not getting the image with the map for the pub to load, check out this one).
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 5:35 AM on March 28, 2008
From the front, after the fact:
We left Akabanebashi at 5:30 for Shiba Koen, where the Metafilter party merged with the Hanami party which was organized by Mo-chan of the Tokyo Wish Club, renowned couchsurfing extraordinaire. It became sort of a multi-meet-up-meet-up for Part I. There was a lot of food and drink, and a hell of a lot of people.
Part II was a totally different atmosphere, where apparently the soccer-football game was going well... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 8:16 PM on March 29, 2008
Damn, i missed the erection-themed souvenirs?? I'd been looking all over for one of those. Mt. Fuji is in the same place every day.
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 6:30 AM on March 30, 2008
MeTa post:
Of making many books
lleachie, are you still reading this? Cause I actually kinda wanna read about college students and credit cards...
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 1:57 AM on February 24, 2008
MeTa post:
Tokyo meetup soonish?
Yays! Next weekend would be awesome!
Something that doesn't run till late-at-night is preferable because my train turns into a pumpkin earlier than everyone else's (11ish. I'm not going to repeat the $100 cab ride I did Sunday...)
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 8:05 AM on February 5, 2008
while you guys worked out the details I was in Okinawa. *grin*
I'm planning to come unless my tentative one-day-ski-jaunt-in-Fukushima magically turns into a two-day-ski-adventure-in-Fukushima. So... I'll probably be in Tokyo.
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 6:06 AM on February 12, 2008
phaedrus441, recently of Chiba and without internet, should be there, for whoever's still counting.
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 7:02 AM on February 12, 2008
due to major calendar incompetence on my part, i'm going to have to miss out, in the end :-( *sigh*
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 2:53 PM on February 22, 2008
MeTa post:
Sit, ubu, sit.
Sit, ubu, sit.
Wow, memories! This is one of the useless bits that's keeping the useful things out of my head.
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 2:45 AM on January 28, 2008
MeTa post:
Cambridge/Boston science trivia meetup April 25?
nonane, I'll come by 32, so you're now obligated to go to cbc, right? I mean, if there's a meet-up on campus I can't totally punt it. I have to go to a 7pm class, but will come to CBC around 8:30. I won't be helping with the tower.
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 12:48 PM on April 25, 2007
MeTa post:
MeFi Swap 2006! Has everyone participating sent...
Mine went out. I've got email from probably 4 folks saying they're on the way - what stage of "the way" that was may be unclear.
bjork24, I got yours Friday but haven't been home long enough to listen. The listing looks great, and I love the effort/thought of extra "stuff" that make the mix/username a little more real. I would be at all of your movies this month ... if you weren't in MO! I hope the non-profit book is useful to you in making your... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 3:53 PM on September 4, 2006
patricio, sorry about the payslip, did I send you that? Can you tell I'm a graduate student?????!
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 3:54 PM on September 4, 2006
I'm sad to be following such a nice one, but here's my track listings and "artwork", which demonstrates amazing use of the cut-paste-crop functions.
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 8:17 PM on September 4, 2006
MeTa post:
Reminder: Boston/Cambridge area meetup, tomorrow,...
I intend to come for the food, and will bring one, maybe two, regular registered lurking readers as well. I have no excuse now, and swore I'd make it to one meet-up before leaving bos.
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 1:28 PM on August 25, 2006
brett: It is never too late. Well, until Sunday. Then it is too late.
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 4:14 PM on August 25, 2006
Especially given it's a Saturday night, is there any way to know who y'all are? Someone's bringing a stupid hat right?
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 7:25 PM on August 25, 2006
3/3, zaphod.
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 1:37 PM on August 27, 2006
MeTa post:
Boston Meetup! Inspired by donpedro's thread,...
Wed/Thurs vote - (whatzit and paperdragon, maybe a third).
I, too, have not been able to make one yet, and the site sounds really cheesy. In a good way.
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 5:10 PM on January 3, 2006
alas, i won't be on the planet Friday. maybe next time.
as in, I'll be on a plane.
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 9:33 AM on January 4, 2006
MeTa post:
I've got the basics of MeFi Projects working now....
It's so sweet to finally see this up and running. Thanks to those who got it ready and those already posting neat projects.
I'm really giving away a video iPod
If there's not a specific iPod already in mind, would it be a useful option of cash/hardware/Amazon certificate/whatever more functional to getting these off the ground? Just thinking, since it seems money resources are almost always a limiting factor for side projects, and the... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 10:45 PM on November 8, 2005
MeTa post:
I NEED HELP.
Okay, I know this isn't the point...
This was posted in the LJ neworleans community a couple hours ago:
We've had a horrible time figuring out who to contact for elderly relatives who survived the storm but need help getting evacuated from their homes. Finally, today, we were successful. The information was difficult to locate, and the Red Cross, local authorities and other standard places that folks who are looking for help getting friends and loved ones help do not know where to send... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 4:56 PM on September 1, 2005
MeTa post:
So I posted this (about trying to rid myself of...
These cats are glad to hear yours are going to stay with you, and came from other families who couldn't keep them: smoky has been with me for seven years now. We're also fortunate to have doctor popular (yawning), inez, and lucca living with us, but who consider other people their servants.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by whatzit
at 2:10 PM on December 17, 2004
